Friday, 28 February 2014

Little Pots and Urns.....

Remember I showed you the little pots that I fell for at the trade show? Well I got my hands on the moulds from Katy Sue Designs I know those of you in the USA will be happy to know you can buy these from the website - click on the USA flag, go to cake decorating and then embellishments. They are $12.99 for all three pots

They are such fun to make - fill the moulds with air dry clay and leave, then when dry, unmould and out pop some lovely little pots. I didn't discard the ones that weren't quite perfect, because in my experience garden pots often have little flaws that add character....

Then I spent a happy afternoon decorating them, I used distress inks, distress paints, glimmer sprays, colourwash spray and some gilding waxes. I varnished the little pots with glossy accents, but left the 'stone' ones just painted....

I think they look quite authentic, do you?

Then since I was in a messing about sort of mood, I dug out my Susan's Garden Sissix dies and made some pansies. They will go on a project some day soon....

I had to watch a video to remind myself how to make the (fiddly) little Susans Garden flowers. As I was watching you tube videos, I marvelled at how many of these people skillfully manipulate little bits of paper with a pair of tweezers. They niftily pick up a tiny piece of paper with their tweezers, lightly dip it into glue - just the right amount of glue, no big blobs for them, then apply it neatly and perfectly onto their project, in exactly the right place and without a trace of glue. When I use tweezers, the bits of paper drop into the glue, or on the floor, if I do manage to hold onto it long enough for the glue dip, the glue is then transferred messily onto my card - I need to take a course in tweezering skills. It made me wonder what they do for their proper job. Work in a brow bar? Neurosurgeon? Honestly, I expected one of them to say 'swab please nurse' as I watched in awe...See you tomorrow x

16 comments:

Enfys, I like to think these girls are a bit younger than me and maybe their fingers are not so stiff from arthritis :). Thats my Story anyways. I love these little pots. They would be so cute on a card front. Do you suppose they have those molds on this side of the pond?Your pansies looks great also!!

Hi, Enfys! I know just how you feel when it comes to your relationship with tweezers, I must have about 10 pairs now and don't really get on with any of them!Love those little pots and you've given them some fab finishes! Hugs, Lisa x

The pots are precious! I can't wait to see what projects they end up being part of . I find that I am better at using the Quik Stick than tweezers. The sticky front picks up the paper bits and the stick on the back comes off to hold them down. BethAnn M.

Strange... I just finished watching that video! There's a sale on Susan's flower dies at Cropstop dot com. So I wanted to see if it would be something I'd use. They are beautiful, but I spend enough time on a card or mini album already! I didn't see a pansy die, that's one I might use. It was my Dad's favorite. Yours are gorgeous! TFS Hugs, Jess